The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 6, 2143
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 AM
5:12 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2731
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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Total solar eclipse
The Moon covers the Sun completely along a narrow track across Earth. Not visible from Columbus.
-
New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.4° / 181.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 26m / -14.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.94° / -0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.44° / 1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.84° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.